Breast Cancer Mortality Reduced by 58% Over Past Four Decades

By Mike Bassett

Source Medpagetoday

Breast cancer screening and new treatments were associated with a large reduction in mortality from the disease over the past 45 years, according to results from a simulation model-based study.

Using four models, the combination of screening, stage I to III disease treatment, and metastatic disease treatment was associated with a 58% reduction in breast cancer mortality from 1975 to 2019, reported Jennifer L. Caswell-Jin, MD, of Stanford University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues in JAMA.

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